List of Famous Sportspersons
Esteban Cambiasso
Esteban Matías Cambiasso Deleau, nicknamed "Cuchu", is an Argentine former professional footballer who played as a midfielder.
Ragnar Sigurðsson
Ragnar Sigurðsson is an Icelandic professional footballer who plays as centre back for Ukrainian club Rukh Lviv and the Iceland national team.
Duván Zapata
Duván Esteban Zapata Banguero is a Colombian professional footballer who plays as a striker for Italian club Atalanta and the Colombia national team.
Akim Aliu
Akim Aliu is a Nigerian born Canadian-Ukrainian professional ice hockey player who is currently an unrestricted free agent. He most recently played for HC Litvínov in the Czech Extraliga (ELH). Aliu was a second round selection of the Chicago Blackhawks, 56th overall, in the 2007 NHL Entry Draft and has played for several AHL and ECHL teams in both the Blackhawks and Atlanta Thrashers/Winnipeg Jets organizations before a trade to the Calgary Flames. Aliu made his NHL debut on April 5, 2012.
Malik McDowell
Malik Devon McDowell is an American football defensive tackle who is a free agent. After playing college football for Michigan State, he was drafted by the Seattle Seahawks in the second round of the 2017 NFL Draft. He sustained injuries from an all-terrain vehicle (ATV) accident shortly after being drafted and never played in a game for the Seahawks. He was sentenced to 11 months in prison for a series of crimes in Michigan in November 2019.
Tom Ince
Thomas Christopher Ince is an English professional footballer who plays as either an attacking midfielder, winger or forward for Championship club Stoke City.
Jakob Pöltl
Jakob Pöltl is an Austrian professional basketball player for the San Antonio Spurs of the National Basketball Association (NBA). He played college basketball for the Utah Utes. In his sophomore year, Pöltl was a consensus second-team All-American, and won the Kareem Abdul-Jabbar Award and Pete Newell Big Man Award as the top collegiate center and low-post player, respectively. After the season, he declared for the 2016 NBA draft, where the Toronto Raptors selected him in the first round with the ninth overall pick.
Saïd Benrahma
Mohamed Saïd Benrahma is an Algerian professional footballer who plays as a winger for Premier League club West Ham United and the Algeria national team. Benrahma began his professional career with Nice, later spending time on loan with Angers, Gazélec Ajaccio and Châteauroux during his early career. He came to prominence in the EFL Championship after a move to Brentford in 2018, scoring 27 goals in 83 appearances for the West London outfit before moving to the Premier League with West Ham on a permanent basis following a loan spell in 2021.
Simon Mignolet
Simon Luc Hildebert Mignolet is a Belgian professional footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for Belgian club Club Brugge and the Belgium national team.
Sepp van den Berg
Sepp van den Berg is a Dutch professional footballer who plays as centre-back for Championship club Preston North End, on loan from Liverpool.